Archive for September, 2005
Saturday, September 10th, 2005
The Broadcasting Commission of Ireland has announced plans to seek applications for a significant number of new radio stations:three new regional youth services, a quasi-national speech-based service, a national Christian service on AM with FM relays, a classic rock service for Dublin and the commuter belt, a multi-city classic gold/smooth ...
Posted in Media regulation | Comments Off on Ireland to get Christian – not just religious – radio
Friday, September 9th, 2005
Today's EU Observer drew attention to an issue of which I was previously unaware. Seemingly the EU is in the process of tendering for a broadcast operation to be aimed at Belarus. It appears that this would be part of a 'public diplomacy' effort aimed at fostering democracy in that ...
Posted in Public Service Media | Comments Off on EU to broadcast ‘pro-democracy’ radio into Belarus
Tuesday, September 6th, 2005
Over the last few days mails have started flowing on various lists about how various forms of community media can be of use in the aftermath of the hurricane. As we move from the immediate emergency, when food, shelter, transport, and security are (or should be) the focus, building various ...
Posted in Alternative Media | Comments Off on Community media and the hurricane
Monday, September 5th, 2005
as you'd expect...
Posted in Labour issues | Comments Off on Bastards
Monday, September 5th, 2005
The minute you finish your last race of the season, a huge anti climax sets in. We spent weeks talking about the fun we'd have after the race, no dieting, no routine, late nights and sleep-ins..a bit of chilling out... but as soon as we crossed the line, and the ...
Posted in Rowing | Comments Off on Another Year Over
Sunday, September 4th, 2005
RTÉ Sports have a detailed report on the results from the World Championships, including some coverage of Heather and Sinead's race:As with the four, this twosome is more suited to a headwind as their strength, and not their speed, is their greatest asset. This experienced couple are the first Irish ...
Posted in Rowing | Comments Off on RTE analysis
Sunday, September 4th, 2005
Heather and Sinead came fifth in their final, setting a new personal best (6:54.79) in the course of a very fast race where the Germans set a new world record (6:48.47) and the top three teams each beat the old record of 6:49.90.
The Lightweight men's four came second in their ...
Posted in Rowing | Comments Off on Sunday results
Saturday, September 3rd, 2005
Due to a chance of adverse weather conditions, the racing schedule at the championships for today has been changed, with races moved earlier in the day. The relevent Irish races are now:LM2- B-final 8:45 (12:45am in Ireland)LW2x A-final 10:30 (2:30am in Ireland)LM4- 11:00 (3am in Ireland)Best of luck to all ...
Posted in Rowing | Comments Off on Race times changed
Saturday, September 3rd, 2005
The Band at Night (Galway)Originally uploaded by azulchinasky.One of the things I love about Galway - and have grown to appreciate even more since arriving in Urbana - is the prevalence of buskers and other street entertainers.So when I came across this picture in Flickr it seemed to ...
Posted in Society and culture | 2 Comments »
Friday, September 2nd, 2005
The heavyweight men's four - described by the commentator as the best heavyweight crew to come out of that country in 20 years have just come fourth in their B-final, ranking them 10th overall.
Posted in Rowing | Comments Off on M4- come 4th in B-final